LITTLE GREEN PINCHERS

 Welcome back to another exciting week of MARINE INVASIVE SPECIES, my fellow bloggers and on lookers. so far we have seen killer plants and zebra clams. This week you are in for a treat, literally. As explore the wondrous works of the Green Crab (Carcinus Maenas) also known as the European crab.

This little crustacean has moved all the way from its native waters of Europe and dug its way into both the East and West coast of America, in Southern South America, Australia, South Africa and Japan. These little critters may seem harmless and just an ordinary crab at most but they destroy entire ecosystems in their paths. It is taught they they have been introduced through ballast water, hull fouling and sadly intentional releases. They prey on many coastal organisms such as; worms, soft shell clams, scallops and even other crustaceans. Having a voracious they eat and eat without having any remorse for the ecosystems in which they inhabit. In addition to destruction of ecosystems they have also made a dent in commercial shellfish industries. In the control of this crab there is only one way and this to kill them

. There has not been any known natural predators of this crab other than large birds and some fishes.well that's it for this week folks i'll leave a little video here for you it's a short documentary i uncovered hope you enjoy and see you again next week :)